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Newsletters
From time to time, we will update this page with regular newsletters. These newsletters contain general news, tips and information on taxation, business and finance matters for both businesses and individuals. If you would like further advice regarding any of the content, please feel free to contact us.
This issue of ‘Personal Financial Strategies’ looks at:
- ECT on the rise
- Testamentary trusts – revisited
- Super and the bring-forward provision
- Trustees disqualified and penalised
- Property Depreciation
Summer 2011 issue of ‘The Profit Improver’ looks at:
- When an employee leaves
- Building a brand
- The benefits of baby boomers
- Is it time to get out?
This issue of ‘Personal Financial Strategies’ looks at:
- SMSF and your family business
- The importance of estate planning
- SMSF – think team
- Tread carefully with trustee changes
Spring 2011 issue of ‘The Profit Improver’ looks at:
- Why hire Gen Y?
- Good Leadership – defined
- How to appear bigger and better
- ‘Crowdsourcing’ for your business
This issue of ‘Personal Financial Strategies’ looks at:
- Investing in super or property
- ATO crackdown on tax discrepancies
- Asset protection – a family affair
- Implication for pre-GST property
This issue of ‘Business Matters’ looks at
- Knowing the rights of your customers
- Do you have to pay the Flood Levy?
- The cost of illegal software
- Women in the workplace
- Carbon Tax and your business
- What is your positioning strategy?
Winter 2011 issue of ‘The Profit Improver’ looks at:
- Save time and money with VoIP
- How happy are your employees?
- Applying the pyramid to your business
- Developing a PR strategy
This issue of Business Matters looks at:
- Understanding employment contracts
- Changes to unfair dismissal
- Innovating with experiential marketing
- Cloud computing and your business
- Unpaid parental leave obligations
- Tips to quality leadership
This issue of Year End Strategies looks at:
- Tax Planning
- Changes to SMSF
- Year end strategies for property owners
- Too much super?
- Beware the rules of super and property
- Recent amendments to division 7a
- Quick cash and super funds at year end
This issue of ‘Personal Financial Strategies looks at:
- Enduring power of attorney or guardianship
- Consider super binding nominations when estate planning
- Tax avoidance on property sales
- Amendments on Division 7A
- New SMSF’s
Autumn 2011 issue of ‘The Profit Improver’ looks at:
- Building a brand on a budget
- Raising Finance
- Organize your ideas and make money
- Go global and grow
- Employee appreciation
This issue of ‘Business Matters’ looks at
- Start 2011 on a positive note
- Learning new business Strategies
- Business, marketing and social media
- Watch out for sham contracting
- Time to update your business systems
- ATO extends business relief
This issue of ‘Personal Financial Strategies’ looks at:
- Individual or corporate trustee
- Wills and trusts
- Taking stock of family assets
- “Wash Sales” on ATO hit list
- ATO warning to SMSF
- The Bookshelf
Summer 2010 issue of ‘The Profit Improver’ looks at:
- The unique nature of family businesses
- Buying an established business
- Imagination in cutting business costs
- Your business online
- Money to grow
Topics covered in this issue of ‘Business Matters’ are:
- Speaking with your customers.
- Income test for the entrepreneurs tax offset.
- Business records are vial.
- A positive work environment.
- ATO obtains data from online sales.
- Do you have a fringe tax benefit?
This issue of the ‘Personal Financial Strategies’ looks at:
- The risk of self-managed super funds holding property
- Borrowing strategies for self-managed super funds
- New vs old properties; depreciation issues
The Profit Improver Spring 2010
This issue of the ‘The Profit Improver’ looks at:
- Reinvent your small business
- Keeping your customer
- Creating customer loyalty
This issue of Business Matters looks at:
- Women in business
- Promoting a level playing field
- Changes to the non-commercial loss rule
- Making the most of trade shows
- Deadline for small business help
Get a year end tax health check & find out more about why Self Managed Super Funds (SMSFs) remain on the tax office radar!
Success! Six simple steps fundamental to business success in the next 12 months, finding employees the easy way, new Industrial relation rules and the new R & D Tax Credit.
The Profit Improver October 2009
Articles on getting the edge on competitors, are baby boomers your target market, the importance of branding your business and making effective marketing calls.
Business Matters November 2009
The November release of our business focused newsletter. This issue includes tips on naming a business, cost effective marketing using email newsletters, understanding why your customers buy and FBT risks for employers to be wary of. Also some handy reminder dates for your diary
Business Matters September 2009
A Newsletter focusing on strategies for managing your business. Includes articles on business innovation, ATO assistance with tax debts, directors’ obligations and networking through social media.
The Profit Improver August 2009
Articles on business diversification as a survival strategy, creating customer loyalty, partnership pitfalls and search engine optimisation.
Personal Financial Strategies July 2009
General personal tax advice – including articles on share trading, Super and family trusts.
New Queensland Tenancy Laws from 1 July 2009
A One Page Summary of the new renting law changes being introduced by the Residential Tenancies Authority across Queensland from 1st July 2009.
Business Matters – Strategies for managing your business: June 2009
A topical mix of tax, asset protection and business mentoring articles. The websites to support the articles on IP protection, internet safety and business ethics are included on the links section of this website. Not distributed in hard copy.
June 2009 Tax Planning Newsletter
A newsletter with some tax planning tips as the 2008-09 tax year draws to a close. The emphasis in this newsletter is on tax efficient investments with a particular emphasis on Super. Includes an article on Agribusiness investment – we would strongly advise any clients who are thinking of going down this route to contact us beforehand. Not distributed in hard copy.
The Profit Improver Autumn 2009
As this Newsletter followed closely after Year End Strategies 2009 (see below) it has also not been distributed as hard copy. The topics covered include dispute resolution, effective marketing and working with friends and family.
Year End Strategies 2009 was sent out in hard copy to both our business and personal clients in early June 2009. It contains hints and tips as the end of the 2008-09 tax year closed in.
